Description
In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc0, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in the function detoken() in asm/preproc.c that will cause a remote denial of service attack.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.nasm.us/show_bug.cgi?id=3392424
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3694-1/
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://repo.or.cz/nasm.git/commit/9b7ee09abfd426b99aa1ea81d19a3b2818eeabf9
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0020
EPSS Percentile
41.6%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-125
Status
published
Products (2)
canonical/ubuntu_linux
14.04
nasm/netwide_assembler
2.14 rc0
Published
Dec 21, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026